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Brief Description: Chapter 14 of the History of Slough by Maxwell Fraser talks about the notable people who have both lived and passed through Slough, from the astronomer William Herschel to jockey George Fordham. It also talks about Slough in books.
Subject Date: 01/01/1800 - 31/12/1973
Creator: Maxwell Fraser
Article: Chapter 14: Notable residents and visitors
Publication: The history of Slough
Publisher: Slough Corporation
Owner: Slough Library
Contributor: Slough Library
 
Full Description: The history of Slough by Maxwell Fraser was originally a series of articles that appeared in the Slough Observer. In 1973 Fraser combined her articles, together with some other research, and produced the History of Slough. This article is a chapter from the second edition of her book which was published in 1980. It has been reproduces by permission of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales and with the blessing of the Slough Observer and the Slough & District Civic Society.
 
Collection: Maxwell Fraser Collection
Place: Slough ; Bristol ; Datchet ; Douglas ; Hanover ; Leeds ; Windsor Wyndesore ; Bath ; Bath Road ; Datchet ; Upton ; Chalvey ; Hanover ; Slough High Street ; South Africa ; Berkshire ; India ; Kent ; Bath Road ; Brighton ; Ledgers Road ; France ; Ledgers
Dimensions: 21 x 29.7 cm
Subject: Biographies ; Artists ; Concerts ; Music and Musicians ; Cinemas ; Music and Musicians ; Telescopes ; Uranus discovered ; Pubs and inns ; Photography ; Telescopes ; Pubs and inns ; Photography ; Armorial Bearings ; Armorial bearings ; Telescopes ; Uranus discovered ; memorials ; Artists ; Post Offices ; Uranus discovered ; Pubs and inns ; horse racing ; Charities ; Hospitals ; Parish Registers ; Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey Charities ; Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey Parish Registers ; Theatre ; Artists ; Pubs and inns ; Music and Musicians ; Stations ; Stagecoaches ; Pubs and inns ; Pubs and inns ; Stained Glass ; Clergy
Name Subject: Francois Arago ; Octagon Chapel, Bath ; John Moore Archbishop of Canterbury ; Durham Militia ; George III ; Alexander Herschel ; Caroline Herschel ; Observatory House Herschel House ; Mr. Smelt ; Bishop of Worcester ; Sir William Herschel ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Thomas Campbell ; Catherine II Empress of Russia ; George III ; Sir John Herschel ; Oliver Wendell Holmes ; Sir Isaac Newton ; King of Poland ; Prices in Bath and Datchet compared ; Red Cow Inn Upton ; King of Spain ; Red Cow Inn ; Caroline Herschel ; Charles Babbage ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Baldwin family of The Crown Inn ; Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge ; Cambridge University ; Comets discovered ; Crown Inn ; Crown Hotel ; Crown Hotel ; Edinburgh ; Elizabeth Cottage ; Margaret Herschel ; Mary Pitt ; Mary Baldwin ; Mary Herschel ; Sir William Herschel ; Herschel Code of Education ; Lincoln's Inn London ; Observatory House Herschel House ; George Peacock ; Pitt family ; Mary Pitt ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Royal Society ; Sainsbury's ; Rev. Dr. A. Stewart ; Margaret Brodie Stewart ; John Stone ; Sir John Herschel ; FrantaBelsky ; Bengal Police ; Royal Astronomical Society ; British Museum ; Alexander Stewart Herschel ; Catherine Margaret Herschel ; Caroline Herschel ; Col. John Herschel ; Margaret Herschel ; Sir William Herschel ; Sir William James Herschel ; Master of The Mint ; Sir Isaac Newton ; Observatory House Herschel House ; Royal Observatory ; Bengal Police Force ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Royal Observatory ; Royal Society ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton ; Scotland Yard ; United States of America ; Queen Victoria ; Warfield Berks ; Westminster Abbey ; Royal Astronomical Society ; Francis Baily ; Bentley's Miscellany ; Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte ; Mrs de Beauchamp ; Richard Bentley (1794-1871) ; Eton College ; Fineleigh Court ; Fulcrum Leisure Centre ; Postal hand-stamp commemorating Herschel family ; Sir John Herschel ; Sir William Herschel ; Herschel Society ; Edward Jesse ; Prince Leopold Duke of Albany ; Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte ; Napoleon the Third being Invested with the Order of the Garter ; John Noyes ; Observatory House Herschel House ; Houses of Parliament ; Planet Theatre ; Albert Prince Consort ; Royal Astronomical Society ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton ; Upton Park ; Mrs. Venables ; Queen Victoria ; painting of Visit of Queen Victoria to the Tomb of Napoleon the First ; Leslie Ward Spy ; Windsor Tapestry Works ; Worcestershire ; Ward family ; Royal Academy ; Beaufort House Slough ; Royal Academy ; Ascot Races ; Anne Bentley ; Anne Williams (1826-1898) ; George Bentley ; Richard Bentley (1854-1936) ; Bentley's Miscellany ; Rhoda Broughton ; Richard Bentley (1794-1871) ; Cambridgeshire Stakes ; Wilkie Collins ; Marie Corelli ; George Cruickshank ; Derby Winners ; Charles Dickens ; Publisher of Dictionary of National Biography ; Benjamin Disraeli ; Epitaphs ; George Fordham ; Edward Jesse ; Edward Jesse ; Sir Frederick Leighton ; Maarten Maartens ; Macmillan & Co. ; The Mere ; Royal Meteorological Society ; Rothschild family ; Royal Academy ; Royal Meteorological Society ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton churchyard ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton epitaphs ; George Augustus Sala ; George Smith ; Temple Bar Magazine ; Upton Park ; Edward Prince of Wales ; William Williams ; Mrs. Henry Wood ; Edmund Yates ; Belle Vue House Chelsea ; Belle Vue House, Slough ; Richard Bentley (1794-1871) ; Slough & District Chamber of Commerce ; Cranford Middlesex ; Daily Mail ; Charles Dickens ; Elizabeth Cottage ; Lovat Fraser ; Francis R. Groves ; Harston Cambridgeshire ; Charles Hatchett ; Elizabeth Hatchett ; John Hatchett ; Charity Hatchett ; Hospital Fund ; Dr. Samuel Johnson ; Edward Jesse ; The Literary Club London ; Newspaper Proprietors' Association ; Sir Joshua Reynolds ; Rotary Club ; Royal Society ; Sainsbury's ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton churchyard ; St. Mary’s Church Slough churchyard ; George Augustus Sala ; Salt Hill Society ; Slough Newspapers Ltd. ; Slough Observer ; Slough Rotary Club ; Slough & District Chamber of Commerce ; Slough Council of Social Services ; Sunday Pictorial ; Ellen Ternan ; The Times ; Times of India ; Charles Tringham ; Upton Court ; Wexham Park Hospital ; The White House ; Windsor Hospital Group ; Frank Lawrance ; All Good Causes Fund ; The Slough Art Society ; Baylis Road ; Princess Blucher ; Prince Blucher ; Owen Brannigan ; Chelsea School of Art ; William Barrand ; Black Boy Inn ; Alfred Blanchett ; W.T. Blanchett ; Chelsea School of Art ; Fay Compton ; Crown Inn ; Crown Hotel ; Crown Hotel ; Dolphin Road ; Eton College Choir ; Vincent Evans A.R.C.A. ; George V ; Gold Hill Chalfont St.Peter ; Granada Cinema ; Leslie Henson ; Shirley Kellogg ; Slough Public Library ; Queen Mary ; Milford House ; John Northcote ; Paul Northcote ; Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Slough Picture Collection Society ; Leon Quartermaine ; Royal Slough Railway Souvenir booklet ; William Redworth ; Mrs. Redworth ; Registrar's Office ; Leonard Richmond ; Royal Slough Souvenir booklet ; St. Ethelbert's Roman Catholic church ; St. John's Ambulance Brigade ; St. Mary’s Church Slough ; Madge Saunders ; Slough Art Society ; Slough Borough Council ; Slough Picture Collection Society ; Souls of Men composed by Alfred Blanchett ; Telegraph Cottage ; The Thames at Cooper's Hill ; Slough Town Hall ; Upton Park ; Upton Court ; Windsor Castle ; Frederick W. Winyard Mrs. Winyard ; Sir Joseph Banks ; Richard Brothers ; Barbados ; Sir Orlando Bridgeman ; Sir John Betjeman ; The Nephew of the Almighty ; Eton College ; Eton College Montem ; Thomas Gray ; Herschel family ; Sir John Herschel ; Aldous Huxley Brave New World ; The Eton Montem ; Observatory House Herschel House ; Niklaus Pevsner Buckinghamshire ; Samuel Richardson ; Pamela Richardson ; Cecil Roberts And So to Bath ; St. Laurence’s Church Upton ; St. Mary’s Church Slough ; St. Mary’s Church Slough West window ; Dr. Wharton ; Slough Dump
Content Type: Book
Location: Slough Library
Local Ref: MF Chapter 14
Unique ID: sl-sl-max_chapter14-d-02-000.pdf
IPR: National Library of Wales
 
 
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